Lock & key
Subtitle: the secrets of locking things up, in, and out
By: Stephen Tchudi.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York; Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Locks and keys -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Locks and keys -- History.
Other titles: Lock and key.
Description: Describes the development and uses of different kinds of locks, relates stories about important locks in history, and discusses the meanings that the words "lock" and "key" have taken on in our language.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index.